Signatures: v.1-2. A-B A-Z AA-ZZ AAA-TTT VVV². v.3, pt.1. * ** *** **** ***** a-z Aa-ZzⴠAaa². v.3, pt.2. [type ornament 1-5] a-e Aaa-Zzz Aaa-QqqqⴠRrrr² Ssss-Zzzz AAaaa-ZZzzz AAAaaa-HHHhhhⴠ(HHHhhhⴠblank)

Printer's device on verso of final leaf of v.3, pt.1 and recto of final leaf of v.3, pt.2

Colophon from v.3, pts.1-2: In Fiorenze, Appresso i Giunti, 1568

Woodcut initials; tail-pieces

Parts 1 and 2 are in 1 vol. and are paged continuously; part 3 is in 2 vol

Pt.2 has caption title: Delle vite de' scvltori, pittori, et architettori che sono stati da Cimabue in quà, scritte da m. Giorgio Vasari pittor, et architetto aretino. Seconda parte

Title of v.3, pt.1: Delle Vite de' piv eccelenti pittori scvltori et architettori scritte da m. Giorgio Vasari, pittore et architettori aretino. Secondo, et vltimo volume dalla terza parte. Nel quale si comprendano le nuoue vite, dall' anno 1550 al 1567. Con vna breue memoria di tutti del Disegno in Fiorenza, et per tutta Italia, et Europa, & delle artefici antichi, Greci & Latini, & delle piu notabili memorie di quella et à, tratta da i piu famosi scrittori

First illustrated edition

Photographs are in ornamental ovals; where the portraits are not available, the ovals are blank

Printer's device in the center of the title page of v. 3 pt. 1

Titles within architectural borders

Pettas, W.A. Giunti of Florence (2013)

BYU copy gathering Aaa lacks the first (probably blank) leaf

Bound in red gilt tooled morocco with title labels

Bookplate of Charles Spooner

Bound in red morocco gilt lined border; gilt tooled spine with title labels; marbled end papers

Bookplate showing Harvard University bought the books with money given by Charles Sumner

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